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The Authors Guild Rehashes Bogus Author Income Survey as a “New” Report

21 February, 202021 February, 2020DeBunking, The Authors Guild6 Comments

Earlier this week The Publishers Authors Guild released a report that “explores the factors leading to the decline in the writing profession. Alas, this report is...

The Authors Guild Launches an Amazon/Author Dispute Resolution Channel

9 June, 20189 June, 2018The Authors Guild2 Comments

The Authors Guild has a well-deserved reputation for being a puppet of legacy publishers. This group has never missed an opportunity to bash Amazon and spread...

Internet Archive Wants You to Turn Your Site Into a Pirate Site

13 May, 20189 June, 2018Piracy, The Authors Guild4 Comments

The Open Library is a free web library slash pirate site run by the Internet Archive. It lends ebooks, and can be used by anyone online....

Internet Archive Responds to Coverage of Its eBook Piracy With “Good Works” Defense

24 January, 20189 June, 2018The Authors Guild, Uncategorized6 Comments

It has been some two weeks since the SFWA identified the Internet Archive’s decade-old Open Library as a pirate site, and around a month since the...

SFWA Finally Notices Internet Archive’s Decade Old Open Library, Decides It’s Piracy

9 January, 201823 January, 2019Digital Library, Intellectual Property, The Authors Guild21 Comments

I like to stay on top of relevant news and development in the publishing industry, but sometimes I might miss a story and only find out...

After Failing to Get Amazon on Antitrust, Douglas Preston Attacks Amazon Anew

16 October, 20179 June, 2018Amazon, The Authors Guild3 Comments

Better stretch your hand-wringing muscles, because Douglas Preston is at it again. For about two or three years Douglas Preston has made a public spectacle out...

Book Publishers Are Whining About Amazon Giving the Buy Button to the Seller w\ the Lowest Price

8 May, 20179 June, 2018Amazon, DeBunking, Publishing, The Authors Guild15 Comments

Publishers are furious (and The Authors Guild is livid) that the copies of books that publishers had sold off cheap are now getting preferential treatment on...

Authors United Declares Victory Over Amazon, Announces “Merger” With The Authors Guild

7 December, 20169 June, 2018Amazon, The Authors Guild10 Comments

Remember the book publishing industry’s astro-turfing group Authors United? The group has been keeping a low profile since their last failed attempt to get Amazon investigated for...

The Case for Joining The Authors Guild, Or Why I Joined

16 October, 20169 June, 2018The Authors Guild10 Comments

Over on Teleread David Rothman has responded to my recent post about The Authors Guild’s new membership class with a more positive take on the topic....

The Authors Guild Now Recruiting Writers Before They Know Better Than to Join TAG

12 October, 20169 June, 2018The Authors Guild2 Comments

After having poisoned its reputation with established writers and retired writers by blatantly serving the interest of corporate publishers for decades, The Authors Guild has found a new...

New Legislation Would Create a Small Claims Court for Copyright Infringement

15 July, 20169 June, 2018Intellectual Property, The Authors GuildOne Comment

Now would be a good time to invest in North Face, because Hell hath frozen over. The Authors Guild is backing a piece of legislation I...

Fair Use Triumphs as US Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Google Book-Scanning Project

18 April, 20169 June, 2018Google Books, Lawsuit, The Authors Guild6 Comments

The decade-old lawsuit over Google’s effort to scan library books and display snippets in search results came to an end this week. The US Supreme Court...

The Authors Guild and Society of Authors Ask Publishers for Higher eBook Royalties

9 January, 20169 June, 2018The Authors Guild, The Society of Authors6 Comments

Earlier this week two author groups sent an open letter to publishers, begging them to increase digital royalties from the standard 25% to 50% of net. What...

The Authors Guild Files Supreme Court Appeal in Google Books Case

31 December, 20159 June, 2018Appeal, Google Books, Intellectual Property, The Authors GuildOne Comment

The Authors Guild has suffered defeat at every stage of their decade-old legal battle over Google’s book-scanning project, including losing an appeal in October, but that...

DoJ Asks Supreme Court to Deny Apple’s Appeal

30 December, 20159 June, 2018Antitrust, Apple, Price Fix Six, The Authors GuildOne Comment

The US Dept of Justice filed its brief in response to Apple’s Supreme Court appeal last week. Arguing that the July 2013 antitrust ruling that concluded Apple was...